Sleeve-supporter



(No Model.)

0. D. FORD.

SLEEVE SUPPORTER. No. 280,167. Patented June 26, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES D. FORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SLEEVE-SUPPORTER- Application filed October 21, 1882. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. FORD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSleeve-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sleeve-supporters for shirts or similargarments; and it consists in a strip of tape inclosed in a sheath on theand projecting at its upper end through an opening in the yoke on theshoulder, said strip being provided with button-holes, substantially aswill be hereinafter more fully described.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich-- Figure 1 isa perspective view of a shirt having my inven ionattached, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the shoulder and partof the body and. sleeve of the same. I

'A represents a shirt, of which B is the yoke, and O the sleeve. On theinside of the sleeve is a strip of cloth, D, stitched along its edgesand lower end to thesleeve, to form a sort of sheath, in which I place astrip of tape or cloth, E, which is secured at its lower end by the samestitching that secures the sheath. This strip or tapeEhas its upper endpassed through a slit or opening, b, in the yoke upon the shoulthis slitb the yoke is providedwith a button or similar device, b,while the tapeE is provided at suitable intervals with a series of button-holes, c.

this end, together with When the shirt is in ordinary use,the sleevehangs free, as in ordinary shirts, and the tape E is entirely inclosedwithin the sheath D,eX- cept its extreme upper end, which projectsslightly through the open'ng b in the yoke, and the button, is entirelycovered by the vest. \Vhen it is desired to shorten the sleeve for awearer with short arms, or to hold them up out of the way when at work,the tape is drawn up to any desired height and secured by passing one ofthe button-holes 0 over the button b. The end of the tape passingthrough the yoke up on the shoulder is. at

pears as usual.

The device is very simple and effective, easily used, and neat inappearance, and, withal, very inexpensive, and may be applied equally aswell to old garments as to those in process of construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a sleeve-supporter, the shirt A, provided with button 11 and slit bthrough the yoke upon the shoulder, in combination with a tape, E,having holes 0 c, and inclosed in a sheath or pocket, D, on the innerside of the sleeve, substantially as shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES D. FORD.

signature in Witnesses:

FRANK J oHNsoN, F. J. FORAN.

all'times, whether drawn up or retracted, hidden by the vest, and theshirt ap-

